Episode 374: Ask Noah Show 374
Ask Noah Show
English - January 31, 2024 02:00 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsTechnology News Tech News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week Noah and Steve dig into alternatives to Axis for cameras. What can you buy that won't break the bank, but also has open source compatibility? Your questions go to the front of the line, and what if NextCloud had an email backend?
-- During The Show --
01:10 Steve's WiFi/SSID problem
Double NAT theory
MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit)
03:43 Mail-in-a-box - Joe
Mail-in-a-box uses Nextcloud components
Office in a box
Center around files or email
Nextcloud conversation
Roundcube (https://roundcube.net/news/2023/11/30/nextcloud-the-new-home-for-roundcube)
Microsoft support/blocking entire yahoo domain
Mail partnership
Write in about self hosted email
15:15 HDMI Capture card - Fred
Blackmagic Decklink HDMI (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1464918-REG/blackmagic_design_bdlkdvqdhdmi4k_decklink_quad_hdmi_recorder.html)
No guarantee drivers will continue to be published
PCI bandwidth
Blackmagic Decklink Duo (SDI) (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1247779-REG/blackmagic_design_bdlkduo2_decklink_duo_2.html)
Quad Bus USB Card (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WCQ64RN)
Decimator (https://www.amazon.com/Decimator-MD-HX-Converter-Scaling-Conversion/dp/B00QPRGGCS)
VDO.ninja (https://vdo.ninja/)
20:17 Affordable USB DMX Controller - TwoBit
DMX vs RGBW
Hardware controllers
DMXKing USB Adapter (https://www.amazon.com/DMXking-UltraDMX-MAX-Adapter-Dongle/dp/B0C7HHYK18)
QLC+ (https://www.qlcplus.org/)
MIDI control
WLED
WLED DMX output doc (https://kno.wled.ge/interfaces/dmx-output/)
Orbs, LED Walls, Christmas lights
Chat Recommendation Enttec Open DMX USB (https://www.amazon.com/Open-DMX-USB-Interface-Controller/dp/B00O9RY664)
Thank You TwoBit!
27:25 News Wire
Vanilla OS 2 Orchid Beta - Vanilla OS (https://vanillaos.org/blog/article/2024-01-30/vanilla-os-2-orchid-beta-is-here)
Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 - Ubports (https://ubports.com/en/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-4-focal-release-3916)
Firefox 122 Google Meet Fix - Fedora Project (https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/firefox-122-workaround-to-fix-google-meet-issue/103667)
Ubuntu 24.04 Aiming for 6.8 Kernel - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-24.04-Will-Use-Linux-6.8)
NVIDIA 550 - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-550.40.07-Linux)
OpenWRT One - Toms Hardware (https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/routers/openwrt-aims-to-finialize-its-dollar100-openwrt-one-open-source-router-design-and-specification)
Game Boy Homebrew - Gaming on Linux (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/game-boy-homebrew-scene-alive-and-well-thanks-to-the-open-source-gb-studio/)
EU Cyber Resilience Act - Adafruit Blog (https://blog.adafruit.com/2024/01/24/eus-cyber-resilience-act-passes-with-wins-for-open-source-opensource-python/)
White House Report - Cyber Scoop (https://cyberscoop.com/white-house-securing-open-source-software/)
Vivante NPU - CNX Software (https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/01/25/vivante-npu-amlogic-a311d-open-source-driver-mesa/)
Eco Libre Report - Eco Libre (https://www.eco-libre.org/2023-annual-report/)
Google Cloud and Hugging Face - Data Center Dynamics (https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-cloud-and-hugging-face-partner-for-open-source-ai/)
New Greener AI Models - Tech Xplore (https://techxplore.com/news/2024-01-microscopic-images-source-software-ai.html)
Code Llama 70B - Venture Beat (https://venturebeat.com/ai/meta-releases-code-llama-70b-an-open-source-behemoth-to-rival-private-ai-development/)
29:00 Dash Boards
Being more "pro" at home
Dashy (https://dashy.to/)
Only tracks web end points
Beautiful UI
Prometheus, Grafana
Uptime Kuma (https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma)
Strikes a middle ground
Variety of "end points"
Tracks over time
Layout
Settings stored in SQlite file
Has an API
Use case
Setup
38:27 Alternative Cameras
Axis
Great
Expensive
Hard to find mounts
RioLink
Lots of conflicting information
Depends on the model
Steve bought ReoLink E1 Outdoor Pro
Home Assistant auto detected ReoLink
Lots of sensors
Has "tracking" and "motion detection"
Home Assistant can update firmware
Has FTP setting
RioLink (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/Security-Detection-Assistant-Recording-RLC-510A/dp/B08F568BH1)
RioLink PiPy API (https://github.com/ReolinkCameraAPI/reolinkapipy)
Get a POE based camera
You get what you pay for
Do Not buy these cameras!
Hikvision/Dahua - The Intercept (https://theintercept.com/2021/07/20/video-surveillance-cameras-us-military-china-sanctions/)
Eufy - Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/ankers-eufy-admits-problems-with-unencrypted-video-access-pledges-overhaul/)
Ring - EFF (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/ring-announces-it-will-no-longer-facilitate-police-requests-footage-users)
Used Axis is cheaper anyway
Get cameras that follow a standard (ONVIF)
ONVIF Conformant Products (https://www.onvif.org/conformant-products/)
GeoVision (Amazon) (https://www.amazon.com/Geovision-GV-EBD4704-Eyeball-Camera-Microphone/dp/B0B99L7FJT)
Camera longevity
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This week Noah and Steve dig into alternatives to Axis for cameras. What can you buy that won't break the bank, but also has open source compatibility? Your questions go to the front of the line, and what if NextCloud had an email backend?
-- During The Show --
01:10 Steve's WiFi/SSID problem
Double NAT theory
MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit)
03:43 Mail-in-a-box - Joe
Mail-in-a-box uses Nextcloud components
Office in a box
Center around files or email
Nextcloud conversation
Roundcube
Microsoft support/blocking entire yahoo domain
Mail partnership
Write in about self hosted email
15:15 HDMI Capture card - Fred
No guarantee drivers will continue to be published
PCI bandwidth
Blackmagic Decklink Duo (SDI)
Quad Bus USB Card
Decimator
VDO.ninja
20:17 Affordable USB DMX Controller - TwoBit
DMX vs RGBW
Hardware controllers
DMXKing USB Adapter
QLC+
MIDI control
WLED
WLED DMX output doc
Orbs, LED Walls, Christmas lights
Chat Recommendation Enttec Open DMX USB
Thank You TwoBit!
27:25 News Wire
Vanilla OS 2 Orchid Beta - Vanilla OS
Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 - Ubports
Firefox 122 Google Meet Fix - Fedora Project
Ubuntu 24.04 Aiming for 6.8 Kernel - Phoronix
NVIDIA 550 - Phoronix
OpenWRT One - Toms Hardware
Game Boy Homebrew - Gaming on Linux
EU Cyber Resilience Act - Adafruit Blog
White House Report - Cyber Scoop
Vivante NPU - CNX Software
Eco Libre Report - Eco Libre
Google Cloud and Hugging Face - Data Center Dynamics
New Greener AI Models - Tech Xplore
Code Llama 70B - Venture Beat
29:00 Dash Boards
Being more "pro" at home
Dashy
Only tracks web end points
Beautiful UI
Prometheus, Grafana
Uptime Kuma
Strikes a middle ground
Variety of "end points"
Tracks over time
Layout
Settings stored in SQlite file
Has an API
Use case
Setup
38:27 Alternative Cameras
Axis
Great
Expensive
Hard to find mounts
RioLink
Lots of conflicting information
Depends on the model
Steve bought ReoLink E1 Outdoor Pro
Home Assistant auto detected ReoLink
Lots of sensors
Has "tracking" and "motion detection"
Home Assistant can update firmware
Has FTP setting
RioLink (Amazon)
RioLink PiPy API
Get a POE based camera
You get what you pay for
Do Not buy these cameras!
Hikvision/Dahua - The Intercept
Eufy - Ars Technica
Ring - EFF
Used Axis is cheaper anyway
Get cameras that follow a standard (ONVIF)
ONVIF Conformant Products
GeoVision (Amazon)
Camera longevity
-- The Extra Credit Section --
For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard!
This Episode's Podcast Dashboard
Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys
Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix
-- Stay In Touch --
Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard
Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show!
Contact Noah
live [at] asknoahshow.com
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